A finite-element ocean model: Principles and evaluation

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-150

  Danilov, Sergey ^a   Kivman, Gennady ^a   Schröter, Jens ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Ocean modelling

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0345454778     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(02)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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